What's the current state of the skateboard collectors market

Weekly news on how the market is doing, up or down

As we look at the market go up and down for skateboard collectors and sellers, we want to give you, the public, a heads up on what to expect when selling or buying. We scan the internet every day looking at Ebay sales, Etsy sales, Mercari sales, Action Vintage sales and any other open market place that sells collectable skateboards and parts to give you a real time weekly understanding if it's a good time to sell or buy. Our conclusion on how the market status is doing will be announced and updated every Friday. We feel this is the best time to do it as we see most people looking at what the market is offering for collectors just before the weekend. V.E.S. also believes that knowing more about how the current market is doing will help buyers and sellers alike make better informed decisions and bring some stability to what seems to be a cross your fingers market these days.

This is also a part of the independent research and development side of V.E.S.

V.E.S BELIEVES THIS IS PROOF THE SKATEBOARD COLLECTORS MARKET VALUES IS NOW COMPROMISED !!!

V.E.S R&D Analysis of Current Market Assessment

Is this worth more than our skateboards history ?

I come to you, the collectors of the world, with a heavy heart today.

I was really looking forward to this VES market update, but as of lately, I have changed my mind and this is why.

Could I do this? Yes, but as I recently saw and was following the new release and sale of the Pokemon skateboard sets, I started to see a fad become the leader of this faithful market that we've been investing in over the years get thrown off a cliff.

To have a fad in one day trump the price of some of our favored and most valuable boards, just told me what I've been seeing for years is true. Our history is worthless on the skateboard collector's market in its current form.

I can no longer be a part of something that will only destroy our great history and what collecting boards is all about. Skateboarding was never meant to be a rich person's sport, but I see very clearly it is now.

Last post, September 15, 2023

The Pokemon problem

Houston, we may have a problem !!!

V.E.S. is going to BOYCOTT any Santa Cruz product made from this time forward, Sept 15, 2023 and this is why. We strongly feel that the way the new roll out of the Pokemon series was done and how it was handed to the 2nd hand open skateboard market, has just proven that our skateboard culture and history has just been sold out for fad and profit instead of earned validation that has been built off the hard work of skaters and pros alike for many years. We have seen and documented the 2nd and 3rd hand market dictate the price, for collectors and skaters alike of this board in just one day, and throw the value of all other boards over a cliff that collectors have been investing in since day one. If Santa Cruz keeps going down this road of profit only, and they don't consider what got them their following supporters in the first place, then they will lose the respect for what was once a power house of our skateboard culture, and the death of it will be at the hands of an inanimate mythical creature that has nothing to do with skateboarding, instead of the real pros doing the hard work, risking their lives, to bring you your business. As V.E.S. represents a segment of the skateboard collectors of the world, we feel you have just single handedly destroyed all value in the market and all value for all other skateboard companies in the collectors world. We believe you have just set in stone, a division against the old values of what skateboarding is meant to be, for the new values of a false promise fad that will not last, but will have damaging repercussions for the skateboard collectors community for years to come. If kids only see profit in collecting skateboards and no value in it's history, then there will be less people to carry the torch of the real skateboard history we love, and instead they will only see dollar signs going forward which will keep eroding the values and principles of this sport, that we as skaters have worked so hard for since the beginning. This is our opinion, as we see it. In fairness, we also give the Sant Cruz company a voice on our platform to explain their side of the story, but as of lately, we have heard nothing. V.E.S. has also reached out to other influential skateboard companies to hear their opinion, and so far only cricket's.